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ahmad:1284 – ʿAbdullāh > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿUmar al-Qawārīrī > al-Sakan b. Ibrāhīm > al-Ashʿath b. Sawwār > Ibn Ashwaʿ > Ḥanash al-Kinānī > ʿAlī > Baʿath ʿĀmil Shurṭatih

“Do you know what mission I am sending you on? It is the same mission as the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent me. To erase every image and level every grave.”  

أحمد:١٢٨٤ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ حَدَّثَنِي عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ الْقَوَارِيرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا السَّكَنُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَشْعَثُ بْنُ سَوَّارٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أَشْوَعَ عَنْ حَنَشٍ الْكِنَانِيِّ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ أَنَّهُ بَعَثَ عَامِلَ شُرْطَتِهِ فَقَالَ

لَهُ أَتَدْرِي عَلَى مَا أَبْعَثُكَ؟عَلَى مَا بَعَثَنِي عَلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ؟ أَنْ أَنْحِتَ كُلَّ يَعْنِي صُورَةً وَأَنْ أُسَوِّيَ كُلَّ قَبْرٍ  

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suyuti:4-383b – ʿAlī Nh Dʿā Ṣāḥb Shurṭatih
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السيوطي:٤-٣٨٣b –

"عَنْ عَلِيٍّ: أنه دعا صَاحبَ شُرْطَتِهِ فقالَ لَهُ: أَتَدْرِي عَلَى مَا أَبْعَثُكَ؟ أَبْعَثُكَ عَلَى مَا بَعَثَنِي عَلَيْهِ رسولُ الله ﷺ أَنْ أَنْحَتَ لَهُ كُلَّ زُخْرُفٍ، قَالَ: يعني كُلَّ صُورةٍ، وَأَنْ أُسَوِّيَ كُلَّ قَبْرٍ".  

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